Class X
Subject : English First
Paper
Time: 3 hrs.
Full Marks: 100
Part A : Reading
test
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions
following it.
In mid-15th
century, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the
sundarbans near the seacoast in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan.
He was the earlies torchbearer of Islam in the south who laid the nucleus of an
affluent city during the reigh of sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah ( 1442-59),
then known as ' Khalifatabad' ( present Bangladesh). Khan Jahan adorned his
city with numerous mosques, tanks, roads and public buildings. The most
spectacular of which is the imposing multidomed mosque in Bangladesh Known as
the shat Gambuj Masjid. The stately fabric of the monument stands on the
eastern bank of a vast sweet water tank, clustered around by the heavy foliage
of a low lying conuntryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape.
The mosque is rooted over
with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala of four sided domes in the middle
row. The vast prayer hall is provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7
each on north and south for ventilation and light. It has 7 longitudinal aisles
and 11 deep bays by a forest of slender stones columns. From these columns
spring rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. The arches are six feet in
thickness, have slightly tapering hollow and round walls. The interior and the
exterior of the mosque give a view of rather plain architecture but the
interior western wall of the mosque was beautifully decorated with terracotta
flowers and foliage. Besides being used as a prayer hall the mosque was also
used as the court of khan Jahan Ali. Now it is one of the greatest tourist
attractions and best architectural beauties of Bangladesh.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1x5=5
a) The word
' inhospitable' means-
(i)
adverse (ii) having no hospital (iii)
having many hospitals (iv) unhygienic.
b) The word
' effluent's is a -
(i)
Noun (ii) verb (iii) adjective (iv)
adverb
c) What is
the adjective of colony.
(i)
colonism (ii) colonical
(iii) colonically (iv)
colony.
d) The
mosque has _________ door.
(i) 17 (ii) 11 (iii) 25 (iv) 7
e) Khan
Jahan Ali had a __
(i)
ruler (ii) preacher (iii) dervish (iv) all of them.
2. Write whether the following statements are true or false. If
false, give the correct answer. 1x5=5
a) None but
khan Jahan Ali (R) preached Islam all over the country.
b) The tank
is on the eastern side of the Shat Gambuj Masjid.
c) All the
walls of the mosque was decorated with terracotta flowers and foliage.
d) There are
17 four-sided domes in the middle row.
e) The shat
Gambuj Masjid has sixty domes.
3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable
word from the box. There are more words then necessary. .5x10=5
suitable
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previously
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spread
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established
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preacher
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rule
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attractions
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wealthy
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beautiful
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unfavourable
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pious
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decorated
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Khan Jahan Ali, a (a)
_______saint, (b) _______a Muslim colony in Bagerhat district. It was situated
in the (c) ______ mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast. He was
the (d) _____ of Islam in the south who (e) _____ the light of Islam among the
people of Bagerhat. He founded a (f) ______ city during the (g)_____ of sultan
Nasiruddin Mahamud Shah. Bagerhat was (h) ______ called ' Khalifatabad.' The
city has been (i) ______ with numerous mosques. There are other (j) ______ of
the city for its tanks, roads and public building.
4. Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write a paragraph based
on the information about the shat Gambuj Masjid, Bagerhat. Use the clues in the
box. Write the information in the correct sequence. It should no exceed 70
words. 5
monument
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architecture
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ventilation
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attraction
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spectacular
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decoration
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seacoast.
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5. Answer the following questions in your own words. 1x5=5
a) By whom
and where was Muslim colony founded?
b) What did
Khan Jahan Ali adorh the city with?
c) For what
purpose was the mosque used?
d) Where
does the Shat Gambuj Masjid stand?
e) How was
the interior western wall decorated with?
6. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own, based on
the information from the text in A. .5x10=5
There was a famous saint
(a) _____ name was khan Jahan Ali. He was a (b) ________ of a Muslim colony in
Bagerhat district. With a view to (c) _____ Islam he came to Bagerhat. Sultan
Nasiruddin Mahmud shah was the (d) _____ ruler of Bengal. He contributed a lot
in order to (e) _____ Bagerhat. The saint was a (f) ___ of mankind. Khan Jahan
Ali performed many philanthropic (g) _______. The (h) _____ of shat Gambuj
Masjid is one of them. It is an (i) _____multimode mosque with (j) _____
beauties.
7. Suppose, you made an excursion in Bagerhat and visited the Shat
Gambuj. Write in about 70-80 words about now the mosque attracted you. 5
8. Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write the main ideas of
the story in your own words in not more than five sentences. 5
9. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box. There
are more words than necessary. 1x10=10
for
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objects
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noted
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to
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among
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monastery
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antiquity
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from
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type
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sites
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exposed
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seen
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Salvan Vihara is a
tourist centre (a) ______for (b) ______.
It is (c) ____, the most important excavated (d) _____in Mainamati. Excavations
have (e) _______ a large paharpur (f) ____ Buddhist (g) ______ and other
material (h) _____ datable (i) ______ the 7th (j) ______ 12th
centuries AD.
10. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
Use only one word for each gap. 1x10=10
Shahbag was the garden
house of the Nawabs of Dhaka. A wall (a) ____ the garden house (b) ____
security. Shahbaj was the (c) _____ of the social, cultural and (d) _____
activities of Dhaka's (e) ______from the end of the 19th century to
the early (f) _____ of the 20th century. In (g) _____ to the family
function of the Nawab of Dhaka, receptions were (h) _____ here for welcoming or
(i) ______farewell to dignitaries who (j) _____to visit Dhaka.
Part
C : Writing test.
11. Read the following table and make ten
sentences. 1x10=10
Friction
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be
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occur
in all homes.
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It
certainly
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behaviours
are common
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causes
of friction.
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It
can certainly
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try
to control
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think
for themselves
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There
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rebel
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teenagers
and parents is very common.
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One
obvious reason
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is
the
|
transition
from dependance to independance.
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The
more the parents
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want
to
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against
the ways and thoughts of the older generation.
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Another
source of
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between
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difficult
behaviour of adolescents.
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Moody
and sulky
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are
many
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avoided
if parents are wise and tactful.
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Adolescents
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does
not
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features
of the teenagers.
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They
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friction
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the
more they become rebellious.
|
12. Rearrange the following sentences
according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph. 1x10=10
a) Edision
created his first invention, an electric vote recorder, when he was only twenty
one years old.
b) After
that, Edision concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be
really marketable.
c) The
inventions made him both famous and rich.
d) He
died in West Orange, New Jerry in 1931.
e) Thomas
Alva Edision. the great American inventor was born in a village of Milan in
USA. on the 11th of February,
1847.
f) His
school master considered him retarded.
g) It
did not sell well.
h) He
had only three months of formal education during his boyhood.
i) For
most of his life, Edison suffered from seriously impaired hearing.
j) He
made a series of very useful inventions.
13. Write a paragraph about your idea of
'Grameen Bank'. You must answer the following questions in your paragraph. 10
a) What
is the concept of Grameen Bank?
b) Who
is the founder of this bank?
c) Who
are eligible for getting loan?
d) What
are the procedures?
e) Who
are responsible for disciplinary activities?
14. Write a letter to your friend advising
him not to adapt unfair means in the examination. 10
Or, Write a composition in about 200 words
about how you observed last 'Pahela Baishakh'.
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